Journal
IMA FUNGUS
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 173-175Publisher
INT MYCOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.02.08
Keywords
chitin; chytrid; Fungi; phylogeny; Rozella; Rozellida
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- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion in Spain [CGL 2008-01600]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/F011709/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/F011709/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The recently proposed new phylum name Cryptomycota phyl. nov. is validly published in order to facilitate its use in future discussions of the ecology, biology, and phylogenetic relationships of the constituent organisms. This name is preferred over the previously tentatively proposed Rozellida as new data suggest that the life-style and morphology of Rozella is not representative of the large radiation to which it and other Cryptomycota belong. Furthermore, taxa at higher ranks such as phylum are considered better not based on individual names of included genera, but rather on some special characteristics - in this case the cryptic nature of this group and that they were initially revealed by molecular methods rather than morphological discovery. If the group were later viewed as a member of a different kingdom, the name should be retained to indicate its fungal affinities, as is the practice for other fungal-like protist groups.
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